This is a hilarious worksheet for students to dive into as they hone their figurative language skills! Young wordsmiths will practice identifying the differences between homonyms and homophones as they analyze puns.

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Give students even more hands-on editing practice with this grammar worksheet all about parallel structure!

Encourage students to reflect on their reading identities and set a realistic reading goal with this helpful reading survey!

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze.

Practice identifying the difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns in this Ancient Egypt-themed worksheet!

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Use this fun bookmark to give readers a way to record and track the books they read!

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 12–15 and the epilogue of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

Use this multiple-meaning words worksheet to support middle school students as they explore a word with more than one meaning. 

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Learners will practice adding commas between coordinate adjectives in sentences in this helpful, one-page worksheet.

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for sixth grade!

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags.